After lumbar and cervical disc herniation surgeries, some patients experience severe leg and waist pain due to some adhesions in the spinal canal. These patients have to undergo repeated back surgery as their pain does not go away after the herniated disc surgery. Each herniated disc surgery creates a new adhesion and subsequently causes further increase in pain. Algological treatments, physical therapy, medication, etc. are used in these patients. If some treatment methods do not help, "Spinal cord stimulation" is applied by placing a battery in the patient's spinal canal. Another group of patients are those with wounds and pain in their feet and hands due to vascular occlusion, especially Buerger's disease. Electrical current, that is, spinal cord stimulation, provided by a battery placed in the spinal cord, contributes to the healing of wounds as it allows the vessels to expand, and also reduces the pain caused by very severe vascular occlusion.
- Who can use spinal cord? Can stimulation be performed?
Patient selection is very important for the success of the method. Pain complaints must be very frequent and severe, and there must be no adequate response from other treatment methods.
1. Pain due to spinal cord injury,
2. Nerve root compression due to post-operative adhesions (fibrosis) in the waist or neck area,
3 . Phantom pain resulting from arm and leg amputation,
4. Peripheral neuropathy pain resulting from reasons such as diabetes,
/> 5. Pain due to peripheral vascular diseases caused by circulatory failure
These are the diseases for which spinal battery is most commonly applied.
End In recent years, spinal cord stimulation has also been used in the treatment of angina pectoris (chest pain due to heart disease). In the treatment of treatment-resistant migraine, battery application by placing electrodes on the occipital nerve has revolutionized the treatment of migraine-related pain.
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